Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: Alcoholism is a scourge that reaches more or less all societies in the world; adolescence is one of the most vulnerable stages to start in the consumption of alcohol. A quasi experimental intervention was conducted with the objective of evaluating the effectiveness of an educational program to promote the level of knowledge about alcoholism in adolescents belonging to the doctor's office No. 6 of the Angel Ortiz Vazquez Polyclinic. The universe of study consisted of 120 adolescents, the sample was 31 adolescents. The survey of adolescents developed by the authors of the research was used as information collection technique. Statistical processing was performed using absolute numbers and percentages. In relation to the age of onset of alcohol consumption, the predominant period was between 10 and 14 years (51.6 %), in relation to knowledge about alcoholism, a low level was observed for 87.1 %, before intervention, and then it rose to a high level (83.8 %). The educational program was effective, since it favored the knowledge about alcoholism in adolescents.
Source: Multimed
Institution: University of Granma
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2752948116